The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Moral essaysJ. and P. Knapton, 1752 |
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... fortune and his birth , Yet was not Cotta void of wit or worth . What tho ' ( the ufe of barb'rous fpits forgot ) His kitchen vy'd in coolness with his grot ? If Cotta liv'd on pulfe , it was no more Than bramins , faints , and fages ...
... fortune and his birth , Yet was not Cotta void of wit or worth . What tho ' ( the ufe of barb'rous fpits forgot ) His kitchen vy'd in coolness with his grot ? If Cotta liv'd on pulfe , it was no more Than bramins , faints , and fages ...
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... Fortune , & 94. IV . The folly of expecting that God fhould alter his general Laws in favour of particulars , 121. V. That we are not judges who are good ; but that , whoever they are , they must be happiest , & 133 , & c . VI . That ...
... Fortune , & 94. IV . The folly of expecting that God fhould alter his general Laws in favour of particulars , 121. V. That we are not judges who are good ; but that , whoever they are , they must be happiest , & 133 , & c . VI . That ...
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... Fortune's gifts if cach alike poffeft , And each were equal , muft not all contest ? If then to all Men Happiness was meant , God in Externals could not place Content . Fortune her gifts may varioufly difpofe , And these be happy call'd ...
... Fortune's gifts if cach alike poffeft , And each were equal , muft not all contest ? If then to all Men Happiness was meant , God in Externals could not place Content . Fortune her gifts may varioufly difpofe , And these be happy call'd ...
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... Fortune gain ; But these less tafte them , as they worse obtain . COMMENTARY . to be gain'd only by VIRTUE , namely , by Temperance , In- nocence , and Industry . VER . 83. The rood or bad , & c . ] But hitherto the poet hath only ...
... Fortune gain ; But these less tafte them , as they worse obtain . COMMENTARY . to be gain'd only by VIRTUE , namely , by Temperance , In- nocence , and Industry . VER . 83. The rood or bad , & c . ] But hitherto the poet hath only ...
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... Fortune in Men has some small diff'rence made , One flaunts in rags , one flutters in brocade ; The cobler apron'd , and the parfon gown'd , The frier hooded , and the monarch crown'd . " What differ more ( you cry ) than crown and cowl ...
... Fortune in Men has some small diff'rence made , One flaunts in rags , one flutters in brocade ; The cobler apron'd , and the parfon gown'd , The frier hooded , and the monarch crown'd . " What differ more ( you cry ) than crown and cowl ...
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Page 24 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. To Him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, He bounds, connects and equals all.
Page 86 - Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Page 155 - Let not this weak unknowing hand Presume Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge Thy foe. If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way...
Page 76 - See life dissolving vegetate again: All forms that perish other forms supply; (By turns we catch the vital breath, and die) Like bubbles on the sea of Matter borne, They rise, they break, and to that sea return.
Page 154 - What conscience dictates to be done. Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heaven pursue.
Page 16 - The scale of sensual, mental powers ascends : Mark how it mounts to man's imperial race, From the green myriads in the peopled grass...
Page 279 - No pleasing intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene ; Grove nods at grove, each alley has a brother, And half the platform just reflects the other.
Page 126 - tis the price of toil; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil, The knave deserves it, when he tempts the main, Where folly fights for kings, or dives for gain. The good man may be weak, be indolent ; Nor is his claim to plenty, but content.
Page 19 - Were we to press, inferior might on ours; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd: From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. And, if each system in gradation roll Alike essential to th' amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only, but the whole must fall.
Page 59 - The learn'd is happy nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty giv'n, 265 The poor contents him With the care of Heav'n.